Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-03
MONEY

MONEY
tir,y have accumulated. They say. The
wear I~66. or l~16, or l~-G WAS wasted. "
Wuls Made uo money. Now, 1t Is AL
ciut auI nsiu,crity to tall, against money
u, though 1t had no value. 1t Is refine
meat, and education, and ten thousand
blessed surroundings 1t Is the spreading
OF the table that feeds Your children hun
.cr. Il Is the hghtiu" Of the furnace that
Hy..r- YOU warm. Il Is the maEiugoI the
bed ON which ycu rest from care and any
irty. 1t Is the carrying out at last OF you
ID decent srpulturr, and the putting up "i
The slab on which Is ChiScllcd the story OF
Your Christian hope. II is simply hyPoc-
rl~y this TRADE in pulpit and lecture hall,
against money, rs though ii had no uses.
Il is hands, aud feet, ANA sails, and ten
Thousand Grand and glorious enterprises.
Hut. while all this - 50, he who u>c>
money, ur thinks ot money aS anything
but "a means to an end, viii l,ni ont In,
mistake. when the giIttrrIuI treasures slip
out of his ncryclcSs grasp, aud he goes ont
of this world without shilling OF money
.ur a certificate of stock tie might better
have been the Christian porter that opened
hl, gate, or the bcgrmcd work,
man. who last night hcaved the coal into
his cellar Bands. and mortgages, aud
lease, have their u-r, but they makra poor
yard with which To measure life, They
that boast themselves in their wealth, and
trust on the mutitudrot their riches, none
of them can. by any means. redeem his
brother, nor give to God Il ransom for him,
that he should not see corruption. "NIsc
mrn die. likewise thr fool and the british
person perish, and leave their wealth to
others.
l;ut remark: There are many wish
there were more-whD estimate their lil,
los their
MORAL AND SPIRITUAL nEyELorNENT
IL is not sinful cgotisu inr 4 Christian
man to sly: II am purrr than | used IL
be-. am more cuu-ccratcd To Christ than
| USED to b.. / hayrgot over a great many
of the bad habits in which | USED to m
dulgr. fam a great deal better man than
| used to be" There Is no sinful cgotlSm
in that.
II is not base eGOtism tOr soldier to say
Il know more about military tactics than
[ used Us before ! took muSket IN my
hand. and learned to present arms, ant
when WAS pest To the drill officer. II
is not base egoti>m tor a sailor to say: y
know how better to Glow down the mIzzet
topSlil. than used to before / had eyel
seen 4 ship" And there is no smiu
c,,,tiSm when Christian man, fighting
tb, battle OF the Lord, ur ii you Will have
il yovaging towards heaven "i cterna
rest saws. II know more about spiritual
tactics. and about yOyaging towards heaven
than | used to- Why. there are those II
tbi, presence who have measured lance5
with many a foe, and unhorsed 1t. There
are Christian men here, who have become
swarthv 10y hammcring at the forge ol c'lI
amity. They stand on an entirely dlllcr
emf nlanc Of character from that whlcl
,bav once occupied They are meaSur
mo their lite on earth hy golden
gotrd Sabbaths, by pentecOStal PRAYER
,,.atinors by communion tables, by bIp'
ti-mll FONTS, by hallelulhS IN the tempe,
They have stood on Sinai and heard n
thunder. They have stood on PiSgah anC
In,Lrd over into the Promised Land. They
have stood on Calvary and seen the cross
bleed. They can, like Paul the APOSTLE
write on their heaviest troubles hght
and but for moment The darkcS
niuht their soul is irradiatcd, aS was the
pi,bt over Bethlehem, by the faces o
those who have come To proclaim glory
and GOOD cheer. They are only waitln.
for the gate to open and the chains to tal
of aud the glory to begin.
| remark again: there are many and
wish there were more who are estimating
life by the amount OF
Ep,n THEY CAN no